first edition Hardcover
1862 · London
by KENNEDY, Edward Shirley (editor)
London: Longman, Green et al., 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Front hinge of first volume cracked but tight; foxing to preliminaries. Bright, clean, close to Fine set. Two octavo (5-1/2" x 8-1/2") volumes in original decorated cloth with depictions of climbers in action in gilt on the front covers. Illustrated with 14 color folding maps, 2 woodcut title vignettes, 54 woodcuts (some full page), and tables of mountain peaks and passes. (Inventory #: 014202)